’This book provides some fascinating and intriguing
insights of the Chinese mindset that to most readers in the
West are still something un-comprehendible and strangely
foreign from the other side of the world. The 21st Century's
globalization and Internet-driven information exchanges are
rapidly changing our globe into a small and flat place in
which we all must live in peace’

Cultural understanding and mutual appreciation of
cultural heritage are the basic pillars for building a
global peace. Every citizen of planet Earth must reform in
thinking and attitude towards other cultures and ultimately
embrace their heritage and achievements with wisdom and hope
for mutual prosperity.’
’Excerpted from the Acknowledgements (page 7)

When experts analyze the reemergence of China in recent
years, they tend to discuss the country's revitalization
strictly in economic terms such as ’protectionism,’ ’trade
imbalance,’ ’foreign investment,’ ’capital infrastructure’ and
’modernization,’ as if financial factors alone could possibly
explain the phenomenon. If this were the case, then why haven't
other nations been able to replicate China's success?

That's because culture has played a critical part in the
renaissance, according to David W. Wang, an international
business consultant based in Washington, D.C. In his
groundbreaking book, Decoding the Dragon's Mindset, Mr. Wang
argues that China's rich, 5,000 year-old civilization is what
has made the difference, and that those Westerners who
rationalize the rise as a function of population size, cheap
labor costs and political ideology are in dire need of a good
history lesson. And that's exactly what he has to offer in this
informative tome which is likely to prove priceless to those
unfamiliar with Eastern ways of thinking.

At the outset, the author discusses the six polar elements of
Chinese society which have been passed down for generations,
namely, ’attitude and values, spirit and role models, thinking
and actions.’ Wang says that this classical ’Dragon's Hexagon’
remains an ’effective link between an ancient civilization and
the modern world that has birthed a brand new synergy of values
and philosophies.’

Decoding the Dragon's Mindset demonstrates why it is no fluke
that China has flourished over the millennia for dynasty after
dynasty while so many other great civilizations have declined
and disappeared entirely. Unlike their verbose European
counterparts, great Asian thinkers need very few words to make a
sage point, so they tend to communicate in a very concise
fashion.

In general, Wang observes that ’most Chinese people, compared
to Westerners, don't typically talk that much.’ Why not?
’Because the Chinese believe quietness leads to deep and
consistent thoughts and wisdom.’ He adds that we now live in a
stressful, electronic age of incessant ’man-made noise’ which
makes ’inner silence’ all the more important.

Later, he describes the essence of the unique Chinese family
system, which values collective needs and goals over individual
ones. Apparently obedience to parents and respect for elders and
ancestors are virtues cultivated at an early age, for without
such roots children tend to grow up with no solid identity,
purpose or direction

After finishing this priceless primer, don't be surprised if
you feel tempted to adopt some of the basic tenets of Chinese
philosophy for your own daily life. More importantly, you might
even start to wonder why such an introduction to Asian History
isn't a mandatory part of every public school curriculum, just
like European history.

Congratulations to David W. Wang for revealing the secrets of
Chinese culture in an engaging manner apt to resonate with
rather than antagonize the average, materialistic American only
concerned about how the rise of China is going to affect his or
her stock portfolio and 401K plan.